the clock is ticking

I know that time is passing very fast. I can sense it. I am stressed by it. But noone around me seems to feel it. Noone seems to think that I am progressing very slowly. Or maybe noone cares. I really want to do much more, to make things go faster. But some things cannot be rushed. And sometimes I wonder if it’s my own opinion that things are very slow? It’s actually been only about 2 months since. Yet, it seems like ages. I work so hard everyday, but it feels like I can do much more. I think I need to calm down and take things more easily. Feeling stressed is no use when I am incapable of speeding things up. Only after I polish my skills can I juggle more things at one go. Meanwhile, this is the best I can do. Thus, I must relax and continue at the current pace… yes, relax..

Who’s fault is it?

You don’t like it happening to you. You complain about it like it’s the worst thing that anyone can ever think of doing to you. But have you ever realized that, you yourself did it gazillion times to others around you? When it happens to you, you know how terrible it feels. Yet, when it’s your turn, you never hesitate to commit the same mistake, and never feel you’re wrong. Sigh. Why are we humans always like that, never able to see things from an objective point of view? 当局者迷，旁观者清……

Friends

Had a surprise sms today. From Lin. And so coincidentally, I was free today too! Managed to free up 2 hrs for lunch with her. Her hair is so long now.. I think the last time we had a good chat was last may! (exclude the short meetings at conferences lah) And since she was so free today, she decided to (or did I coerce her to?) crash my lecture. Heez.. it’s been so long since we sat together for a lecture. That familiar feeling. I wonder if this lecture was any different from others we had attended together before? But at least, all I know is that I really enjoyed the chats we have before, during, and after lectures. (and that fisherman’s friend! =P) Have missed out so much on her life! Hope she learnt as much as I did through the lecture too. ^_^

And oh, I forgot that the picture that she drew for me years ago is back up on my office wall. (or did I tell her already?)

Came and went

I’ve been so busy that I haven’t been able to jot anything down. My dearest brother, aka Ninja Turtle (my new nickname for him.. ^_^), returned from his confinement ler.. 2.5 weeks of not having him around, and the first sight of him I couldn’t recognize him. Was still wondering who that skinny, bald weirdo was, staring at me with huge eyes and that wide grin?! With him around, we had 2 consecutive days of good food, and 2 consecutive days of joy and laughter. I think all of us will look forward to every weekend now, since it signifies yummy food (that comes along with him, that is. Haha) Oh but the one thing none of us look forward to is that bag that returns with him. Oh manz.. the moment he opened it up, the entire kitchen stank! And that smelly smell diffused so rapidly throughout the house! Gosh.

pics pics for Shanghai Night DnD

Just a few photos.. lazy to upload all lah.. they're all in facebook.. hee~

FeiHong in action
FeiHong with 13-yi


Feihong 'sailormoons' into a female!


13-yi shocked at her feihong being a female


with a custom-made fan


We swap roles.. and i'm supposed to look scared of my feihong
Me chilling out under the stars, by the poolside
The tall oneswyee dajie at the piano.. such a pro..Finally.. a group shot!

Lady Luck with me

Yesterday’s DnD was so much better than last year. Thoroughly enjoyed myself. The food at Hilton Hotel was good too. Loved the baked fish with almonds! The MC this year was so much more entertaining too.. and the games involved everyone in the room, and made us run around til I got hungry again! >.<>th prize.. was mine!!!!!!! Woohoo.. a Panasonic DVD video camera that costs $799!! ^_^ I think amongst the prizes I liked the video camera and the home stereo system the most. Haha.. I think I have the luck for lucky draws. And the prizes just get better. During my sec4 prom I won a tv (but only 14 inch that time >.<).. now a video cam.. next time a CAR! Haha~ I think this year’s DnD was very worth it.

Spent:

$15 ticket for DnD

$21 cheongsam top for the Shanghai theme

$10.80 for the cab home

Received:

$5 sponsorship from chaota

$10 taka voucher from early bird lucky draw

$799 video cam

Net: $767.20 ^_^

For once, I did not take any photos with my camera. I had brought it, but too lazy to take it out, since everyone has a camera. Share share lah… =P

And it worked

I’m in the course! YAY~ It pays to go and beg the prof.. haha.. he doubled the class size and I’m among the 20 pple who went to beg him. I really hope this pays off. Hope we learn a lot from this module, and we can do well too.

Yeah.. doing well is CRUCIAL. I just received results for 1 out of 4 modules I took last semester, and I got a B-. Bah. I better buck up this semester.. coz i need an average of B+ by next semester or I have to pay back everything I’ve taken from the government, and that’s the end of my future. Eeks.

Oh well. It’s a good wake up call. At least I’m only done with half my modules, so I have the other half to score all As to pull up my score. Haha.. I make it sound so easy. =P

trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight!

regular frustration

Every year at this time, I get so upset with the school. Well, it’s not exactly their fault this time round, but once again, for the umpteenth time, I don’t get the module I want. AGAIN. And grad school does not even have bidding for modules! We apply, and we go for the class. But today, in class, the lecturer ‘threw’ us out of class. Coz this module is designed for 12 people, and 62 turned up for class. BAH.

not my fault

I did not forget to go to school today. I did not know there was school today. Module registration starts today, and many professors have replied my email last week saying that school starts next week. However, at 6pm today, after a full day’s work, I finally sat down to check my mail for the day. I got an email sent late this morning, saying “School starts today at 2pm”. Oh, how wonderful. I adore people who give last minute instructions.

day 3

Been so busy these few days. Enjoying the last days of my so called holiday (where I still have work), before my lessons start again. Yeah. Lessons.

It feels weird at home these days too. One missing person. We lack the male species at home now. I don’t know why, but I miss him. I didn’t miss him even when he went overseas for competition! Oh well. My baby bro is a grown up, boy-to-be-man now. It’s like THE event of the month for my family. It started off with mother reminiscing about how my brother used to do this and that when young. Then, it was the packing of the bags that everyone was involved in. On Tuesday, mother cooked a huge meal as a sort of farewell for my brother. Coz he prolly wun get much good food while in there. Wednesday, we all took half day off (thanks fangers for being so accommodating) and sent him to Tekong. I was comforted to see that the living conditions are pretty much chalet-like. The tour-guides kept saying “your son..” this and that. I have no son. But then again, come to think of it, I’ve been his “parent” for the past 6-7 years, attending parent-teacher meetings and other such stuff ever since he was in secondary school. So I am sort of a ‘parent’ too, eh? Haha. It’s really no big deal that someone’s enlisting. Every Singaporean guy has to do it. But.. I dunno. I can’t help thinking and hoping that he’s coping with the training. It’s totally different from 5 years ago when my JC mates went to army! Well, 14 more days til he comes out. I can’t wait to see him without his hair! Hahaha~

He’s the rightful boss

Had a short chat with N and L, the 2 profs involved in academic affairs in the company. It was an opportunity for the students in the company to bring up any issues regarding the policies and stuff, so that they may act as our advocates to A*STAR. Very nice of them to be so genuinely concerned about our welfare and whether we get the best opportunities to do what we want. When the meeting was about to end, the director dropped by to say hi. Due to his terribly busy schedule, he was in the room for probably less than 10 minutes. Yet, in that short span of time, he managed to give us all a lesson on life’s philosophy. It was not any content-less jibberish, not even close. 一针见血 is the best way to describe it. Listening to him was even more inspiring than listening to my boss. No wonder he’s my boss’s boss. He managed to hit right smack on what we were facing. Or I was facing, at least. It was so accurate, it was almost freaky. I couldn’t help when tears welled up in my eyes. I could see that he had a shock, for he was only a metre away from me, but he said nothing. I’m only more convinced that I have made the right choice to join this company, under the management of such wise and kind people. ^_^

…be patient.. it’s never going to be easy… It’s a pentathlon we’re running, not a marathon.. have to be flexible and keep changing strategies..

…aim not for what you want to be, but who you want to be, for you may never become what you want to be, but you can always be who you want to be.. that’s how you will be happy ^_^

the gals I grew up with

Finally, I met up with them. Some of them, at least. Hilda and elly after 2.5 years, Sharon after 1.5 years. They all left to study overseas, and before I know it, everyone’s graduated. Only Hilda’s still not back permanently. Yet. We’re all such busy people, only managed to meet up 1.5 hrs before we had to split. (and met elly’s mama too!! She still remembers me.. aww..) It’s such a nice feeling talking to them. Noone’s changed. Other gal friends grow up, mature, become more feminine, change their life plans. But this bunch of gals never change. That’s why I love them. ^_^ I’ve only known Hilda and Sharon for 10 yrs.. but I’ve known elly for 14 years! She still remembers the days we did projects together, making MRT trains, swimming, and my brother (only 4 years old then) shooting rubber bands at her! Haha.. that’s how her memories of my brother remain as—naughty little boy. She’d be surprised if she sees how tall my bro is now! It wonders me to realize how much each of us have been affected by one another.. sharing some life changing moments together. Our first criticisms, our growing out of naivety, our discovery of who the real Father is. I can never be more grateful to have known them all. Since they’re mostly back in Singapore, I should meet up with them more often! Too wonderful people to have missed out on the past 4-5 years of their lives. Thus I shall add on to my new year resolutions—to meet up with 401 gals more often! ^_^

watch me and remind me!

New Year Resolutions 2007 (not typo.. this is last yr’s)

1. To dedicate my heart and my soul into completing my honors year project. 2007 will be a better year. I cannot waste tax-payers’ money anymore.
2. To pick up a few more skills before I graduate. I will make my life as fulfilling as can be. ^_^
3. Further improve on speaking my mind. Maybe I should learn to care less, think less, and just speak without thinking. Ok.. maybe that’s exaggerating.. but seriously, sometimes I think too much. I should be a little bit more impulsive.
4. To grow spiritually. I need to equip myself with better knowledge of the Word.
5. Time to move on. I experience, I fall, I learn, I pick up myself.. now it’s time to let go and move on. The prayer 4 years ago has been answered (and still being answered). Answered to an extent I myself never expected. All that I have gone through thus far has helped me grow as a person, but at the same time, I cannot let it hold me down. In 2007, I shall leave behind all the negative memories since 2003 and move on only with the lessons learnt.

Did I do it?

1. I can say I really put my heart and soul, my flesh and blood into my final year project. ^_^
2. Skills..err.. I failed in beatboxing. I didn’t learn malay nor Korean, but I did pick up a few lines of French (took an entire course, but skipped most lessons. Haha) But I am in the midst of picking up an interesting skill.. marble sculpturing! ^_^
3. I do speak my mind. The school admin can vouch for that. But being impulsive in all situations.. not there yet.
4. There’s always room for spiritual growth. I personally think there wasn’t much growth this year. No new courses that I attended. NUS BS didn’t work out too well. CG was focused more on fellowship and bonding.
5. Moving on I managed to. In a way. But things can be better. Being sentimental is not my choice.

New Year Resolutions 2008

1. To grow spiritually
2. To serve well in the new ministries I am committing myself to. (CG and Sunday School)
3. To maintain the enthusiasm in the lab, and not to slack. Hope to clinch an opportunity to go for a conference overseas, based on my own works.
4. To improve my health.. coz it’s been going down. I don’t want to die yet! >.< (Thank God for a fellow friend who wants to be more sporty this year too! =P)
5. To spend quality time with friends and family, and not let anything happen due to my negligence.

2007 in a day

Time for the yearly reflections. I can’t believe all these happened this year! It seems like so long ago. I’m so thankful for what has happened, for the year started off awful, and i’m the happy girl I am right now. ^_^

January

· Things were settled, I was moving on. But it all takes time.

· School was mean to me, and I had problems graduating. Evil school! I hate rigid admin people who don’t care anything about their students.

· Return of the Chestnutties. I can’t believe it’s been a year since their return! Almost our 2^nd yr anniversary now.. wonder if we’ll gather that day?

· Attended a New Year’s lunch organized for grandparents! Experienced being a grandparent before I become a parent. Haha.

· Lost voice once again, and attended my first GIS Dinner n Dance without a voice!

· Picked up French in school. (oh man.. school feels so ancient to me. Was it this year that I was still an undergrad?)

· COOKED lunch at work

· First time getting paid to eat chocolate. haha

· Stood up with the help of many friends around me.. ^_^ I’ll always remember.. look at the people who are on your side, not those who had left you!! dun be wei3 da4, be yong2 gan3!! ^_^ (wonder if the person who said this still remembers?)

· Met jq in engine for lunch. Lunch in school never tasted so good before. And a shelter from the rain never felt so sweet. =P

February

· Bumped into steph n Jamie during a chestnutties gathering. And that was the only time I met her this year! How I miss those days in US when we’d hang out together

· My first few interviews for scholarship

· Experienced doing some volunteer work at YMCA with patients with cerebral palsy

· Still cannot get away from insomnia and disturbed sleep, albeit for different reasons from last year

· Dad decides to retire back to Singapore. ^_^

March

· Time with the FSC (and all other friends) helped me a lot. I finally found myself returning to my shutter happy self, and I even started to appreciate nice, happy things around me. True signs of the optimistic me returning

· Was suddenly like a teenage girl again, crazy over certain pop idols. I seriously don’t know what got over us that period.

· Thesis writing.

· I decided to extend my stay from March til april, to allow myself more time to think about where I want to be after I graduate.

· Skipped quite a lot of classes in school, as I was getting very tired.

· Rejected a scholarship to go to Alberta for 3 months. Summer in Alberta is not what I want. Christmas is the time to be there, walking along Candy Cane lane in Edmonton!

April

· My final lecture in NUS with weilin, and we sang a song (alongside a few others..9 gals and a guy) for the lecture class. First time I ever did such a thing! It was nice. (a lot of people took videos and pictures, but I never got any! >.<)

· Thesis presentation. OVER! Lalalala~

· Decided to stay yet another month til end of may to help my boss finish up some work before I leave for grad trip.

· First visit to Timbre. The beginning of many pubbing trips. Haha.

· Spent Good Friday differently this year. Attended a Chinese service with Bong instead. At her church Orchard Pres! ^_^

· Took my French exam with Pacey. I don’t know how I did it, but I think I passed. =P

· Attended what may be my brother’s last concert in RJC. It was my first time seeing him perform in RJC too. (missed the previous yr’ one as I was in US)

· Phantom of the Opera in Singapore!! My 2^nd time watching, this time with my sis ^_^

· More community service by painting murals for IMH! ^_^ Thanks bong for jio-ing us those times.

· Had lots of help from my boss to decide my future career path. Very helpful, she was

· Got freaked out by a fight that happened while I was at a bar.. but managed (unintentionally) to still look cool and glam, as bong described. Haha.

· First time pubbing with my MUM

· Free game at settler’s café with Singapore’s Mensa members. They’re pretty normal pple. LOL

· Graduation BBQ in hall. I miss hall. (even its gray walls)

May

· First time celebrating Mardi Gras in Singapore! ^_^

· Job offer by big boss. Happiness~

· Final interview and Scholarship offer. It all matches and my future is finally fixed! Able to do what I love. JOY~

· Took a day off work just to sit at borders and read. Learn to enjoy life ^_^

· Graduation dinner for all Life science honors students

· Graduation dinner @ haixiang with colleagues (my umpteenth graduation celebration with them.. just excuse to go out lah! Haha)

· Back to listening to online sermons by my pastor in Philly. I miss philly, I miss GCC, I miss pastor young, I miss listening to his sermons in school.

· Bora left Singapore, back to Korea. Will we ever meet again?

· I left the company. As boss said, it’s a farewell party but also a welcome party for me. That was the first time I was happy at a farewell. ^_^

June

· Timbre with weilin! First time seeing her high. It’s like my new hangout place to meet my friends..

· First Church camp. Can’t believe it? Yeah.. been in this church for 23 years and this is my first church camp (other camps were youth camps) Had a rocking time ^_^

· Grad trip to Shanghai, Tibet. Met new friends. How amazing it was to see mount everest in its true form.. feels good to be back to nature. Rocking on rough terrains for 12 days was meditative

· An encounter in Tibet that I would never forget.

July

· Passed my GRE!

· Grad trip to Taiwan. Met more new friends. I seem used to be going on holidays with people I don’t know. I’m lucky they are almost always wonderful travel buddies. ^_^

· Freaky encounter in Taiwan, with a person I met in Tibet.

· Even freakier encounter of the same person in Singapore

· Scholarship award ceremony. It’s official ^_^

· Finally no more sleep debt. 2 months of wonderful break and rest.

August

· Started grad school.

· Back to GIS! My second home~~

· Signed the deeds. Thanks roy.

· Started to feel to effects of lack of exercise. Atrophied muscles and clogged up arteries and failing heart. Bleah

· My final trip to timbre this year. Coz start of grad school means end of ‘life’. >.<

· Party with cell group DURING my 12 hour exam. Haha. My first exam for grad school

September

· Watched the musical ‘If there’re seasons’, and got all impressed by George Chan

· Lunch with what’s left of the chestnutties.. the chesnutties foursome! ^_^

· More lessons start, and I end up with no time to have lunch with my colleagues. (have to eat with my classmates coz of the difference in timing) I miss yong tau foo!!

October

· Decided to challenge myself to writing a paper on Brain Science and Religion.

· Selected to have lunch with the International Advisory Panel. My honor.

· I wrote a story, which got published. ^_^ My first publication, and it’s NOT scientific!

· School starts getting real busy, and I am glad I am not the only one in the lab doing a phD. So glad to have someone who understands. ^_^

· First time eating escargot.. what a ‘memorable’ birthday. Haha.

November

· My first conference! And a pre-conference workshop to come with that! Total entrance fees cost over a thousand dollars k.. so I went for 99% of the talks.. haha.. totally tired out after the 1 week’s worth of intellectual stuff. Utterly intensive.

· New table in the office! My hideout for the next 4 yrs~

· Finally, after 3 months of grad school, my phD project finally starts. Excitement! =P

· Krispy Kreme after 1.5 yrs of missing it! ^_^

· My first time having home-made tiramisu after I left US and there was no more Arzhou to make for me.

· Daddy decides that retirement is too boring and is back overseas to work. >.<

· Decided to serve in Sunday School. Thanks Stan for asking.

December

· Gone through a course and finally certified to do animal research in Singapore

· Jean n Kelvin got married! My first time as a ‘sister’ and a personal assistant for a bride. Fun!

· I finally succumbed to tong’s many efforts to drag me out. Another ktv session! This time his friends came along..

· String of meeting friends and catching up! It’s festive season, and everyone’s back home~ ^_^

All in all, it’s been a great year. It started off as a ‘hangover’ from last yr, and slowly I found myself again. Ends off on a very high note, just like what the festive season should be about. Happiness, time with family and friends. Life can only get better~ ^_^

Happy Birthday to my Bro~

Ooh it's been such a long day.. at least i managed to sms him in the middle of the day. He came home so late, even later than me! (and i thought i was home late, coz i had a really long chat with Arzhou whom i haven't met since i was an undergrad!) Since my sis beat me to putting up our favourite collage of him on her blog, i decided to make a new one.. of my bro more grown up! haha.. grown up and still a lil' bro always~ ^_^

self service marriage

I saw this at the busstop where i take my bus home from biopolis everyday. Just like any other notice advertising for room rentals and such, the end of the notice was cut into strips with a phone number written on it. Only difference is that the title of the notice read: Marriage.

'Looking for a sigle (sic) white aged between 42 to 60 as a mankind (sic) partner, please contact ms zhang.' is what i saw. I wanted to take photos of the notice, but i didn't have my camera with me that day. Didn't expect to see this on the news! haha..

"One woman from China knows exactly who she wants as a husband - a Caucasian - never mind that she doesn't speak a word of English.

And she's going about it in her own way. No more match-making agencies for her, thank you very much.

After she failed to get results through a match-making agency, Ms Zhang Xue Hong, 42, opted for a do-it-yourself (DIY) 'manhunt'.

For the past two weeks, she has been sticking up notices on lamp-posts along Taman Warna and other streets in Holland Village.

Bemused residents have been seeing - alongside the usual notices for garage sales and lost pets - her handwritten personal ad, titled 'Marriage'.

It reads, in broken English: 'Looking for a sigle (sic) white aged between 42 to 60 as a mankind (sic) partner, please contact ms zhang.'

It lists a Singapore handphone number, a China telephone number and address, and her e-mail address.

When contacted, Ms Zhang, who lives in Tianjin, said that she has been to Singapore twice in search of her elusive 'white knight'.

She revisited Singapore last month after her first attempt five months ago through a local match-making agency was unsuccessful.

She returned to China on Monday as her social visit pass was about to expire.

Ms Zhang, who does not speak English, painstakingly used an electronic dictionary to translate the words..."

full article from here

New Footprints’ hideout!

It was jean n kelvin’s housewarming today! It’s not the first time I went to their new house though. Haha. Benefits of being the bride’s PA on her wedding day. =P So all footprints members and all wedding helpers were gathered today at their place for a Christmas party cum housewarming cum post-wedding party. There was so much food I felt like I was turning into a stuffed turkey like the one we devoured! It was a really good time of fellowship, something that has been missing for quite some time due to university exams, yf camp, mission trip.. glad for this opportunity to catch up! And only today did I find out that TK (kelvin’s buddy whom I met only on the day of the wedding) is working on the new buildings of Fusionopolis (beside Biopolis). The world is so small and so interconnected nowadays! Tmr’s gonna be xiong.. work, Christmas concert, stayover. This yr’s Christmas will end up a sleeping day again! >.<>

Gathering of the mighty mountain climbers!!

After 6 months, we finally meet again, this time in clean little city called Singapore. No need for diamox, no loss of appetite, no inability to run and jump. All of the Tibet warriors (except sam) turned up, and we FINALLY exchanged photos! Haha.. yeah, we have been that busy. It’s so fun checking out photos that we never saw ever since we took them.. suddenly everything rushes back.. those memories.. and I realize I had more fun than I remembered. When I was in US for 146 days, I took a total of 11GB of photos. When we went to Tibet for 12 days, we took a total of 7GB. Holly molly!! But I guess the place is really pretty. Cannot help it. Plus a thousand shots of everest in the morning, everest in the afternoon, everest at sunset, everest at night, everest behind the clouds. And we had a million tries at jump shots even though we were advised not to be involved in vigorous activities 5200m above sea level. But hey, we did survive it, didn’t we? I just read an article from NewScientist yesterday, about why Tibetans can take in oxygen so much more efficiently. Coz they have 10 times more nitric oxide than us! But then again, these Tibetans who were studied were from 4000+m.. we went to 5200! So maybe we had much much more nitric oxide in our blood then? Heez.. who cares.. we can take a blood test the next time we head to Tibet again. And bong is the most well-equipped for it. Diamox still lying at home! Whoahaha

Anyway, I had a good time of catching up yesterday. During teatime with fangers n bong.. hadn’t had a good chat with them since.. err.. can’t remember. Especially bong. The last time we had a long chat was probably in Tibet? Been too busy.. can’t even remember when was the last time I went for lunch at the market with them all. Then in the evening was the Tibet pple. Talked til I lost my voice towards the end of the night, and I thought I was falling sick! (family and bong are all sick and without a proper voice..) came home to rest, and luckily when I woke up my voice was back! I really cannot afford to fall sick.. no time! Still got work the next few days.. and of course there’s all that catching up that’s still in store for me this festive season.. Bah.. prolly another Christmas where I never make anything for my friends. I don’t like buying things.. don’t see a point in that.. but no time to stop and get some inspiration.. so I only made partial gifts (bought partially) for 3 people.. one of whom I have no idea who it is.. it’s for gift exchange tmr. =P

chocolate fountain

Apologies for the 90 degree flip. I always forget.. >.<

catching up weekend

I can’t even remember when was the last time I actually went out with my friends. Probably the temasek gals’ bdae outing almost 3 months back! Yesterday I finally succumbed to tong kor’s persuasion and agreed to meet him for dinner. He wanted me to stay on after dinner for ktv with his Marist friends, but I was kinda tired. Very unexpectedly, all of them decided to change the outing venue from Orchard to Jurong, so that the tired me wouldn’t have to travel much to meet them! (in fact, I only had to walk there!) And mind you, these are people that I have never met before. I really appreciated it. So of course, I decided to stay for ktv with them. At first I was a little skeptical about what kind of friends tong would bring, and how it’d be like singing with them. (furthermore, tong had initially told me there’d be 3 gals 3 guys.. dunno why end up there were only 3 guys and me! >.<) Well, all worries were unfounded. Those friends were truly ‘guai’ and ‘un-beng’ as tong described them to be. (sorry kor, for doubting you. Haha) They were very nice too.. I didn’t feel like singing so I just randomly chose songs that I liked, and they were very accommodating to sing them! Haha.. not all my friends do tt lor.. some will, while some wun noe the songs, or some just refuse to sing songs that were not chosen by them. And yeah, those people seem to noe how to sing every song lah.. haha.. and it was really enjoyable listening to them scream their lungs out! Somehow I feel that going ktv with people who can sing too well is not fun at all, coz they sing like the CDs.. but this bunch of people can have lots of fun while still holding their pitch most of the time. So it was really pleasant hanging out with them. Only thing is tt ktv is kinda loud.. so there’s a limit to the length and depth of conversations one can hold.. (and I’m so sorry to say I only remember one person’s name.. I’m so terrible with names.. but I remember one who looked a lot like a rugged form of Tim! Haha..) All in all I had a good time.. sang til we were tired.. really tired.. 5 hrs leh.. so robin sent me home.. whoa so paiseh that I din even noe my way from jec back home.. coz I usually walk, not drive mah! >.<>

Such an amazing thing that I happen to have no work this weekend. And JJ managed to gather some other temasek hall peeps for lunch today. (ooh.. it’s a temasek weekend!) It’s been a year since I last met most of them, so there was a good bit of catching up to do. One year, but most have not changed much. It really didn’t seem like a year has flown past. Zoom Zoom when we’re all so busy! It’s really nice meeting up with them, though we’re not in the same grayish rooms anymore. Somehow, I keep forgetting that 2 of them were in TH for only 1 year. It seemed like they were with us all the way! =P Hopefully the subsequent gatherings would be half-yearly like JJ promised! And no more jap food for Johnny.. XD (and yes, maybe the next outing we can have 2 more people to share some exciting news! Hehe)